"The grotto was discovered in 1835 by James Newlove, who broke through into its roof while digging a duck-pond. It was illuminated by gas lamps and opened to the public in 1837, and has remained in private ownership ever since.
The age of the structure is uncertain and attempts to use radiocarbon dating to determine the age of the site have failed. Carbon
deposits from Victorian lamps which were used to illuminate the grotto
in the 1800s have entered the shells. Trying to analyse the mortar
proved equally futile, it has so far defied analysis and all that
scientists can ascertain is that the glue attaching the shells to the
walls is "fish-based".
The Victorian gas lighting has blackened the fragile surface of the
once-colourful shells, which are also under attack from water
penetration. It is now illuminated by electricity. During World War II the east wall of the so-called altar chamber was destroyed by a bomb."... via wikipedia.. Holy COW is that neat. I wish I could discover something like this. I'd want to keep it a secret tho-secret FSK Society.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Man, I'm running out of good old girls and bike pics. If anybody ever wants to submit anything you can at fashionserialkiller@gmail.com I like the good stuff, you know. Send anything you want -even nudes of you *wink* har har...

"Tear bottles were fairly common in
Roman times, around the time of Christ,
when mourners filled small glass bottles or cups with tears and placed them in
burial tombs as symbols of respect. Sometimes women were even paid to
cry into these vessels, as they walked along the mourning procession. Those crying the
loudest and producing the most tears received the most compensation, or so the
legend goes. The more anguish and tears produced, the more important and valued
the deceased person was perceived to be.

Tear bottles reappeared during the Victorian period
of the 19th century, when those mourning the loss of loved ones would
collect their tears in bottles with special stoppers that allowed the tears to evaporate. When the tears
had evaporated, the
mourning period would end.

In some American Civil War stories, women were
said to have cried into tear bottles and saved them until their husbands
returned from battle. Their collected tears would show the men how much they were
adored and
missed." Info via Here

"Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted: persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished: persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot" By Order of The Author- Per G.G., Chief of Ordnance.